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Tony Kendall
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Acting
Birthday
1936-08-22,Rome, Lazio, Italy
Gender
Male
Biography
Tony Kendall (22 August 1936 – 28 November 2009) was an Italian model turned film actor with over 50 film credits that reflect the trends of popular European cinema in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Born as Luciano Stella, Kendall was formerly a model for Italian Fumetti, comics done in photographs. He changed his name to Tony Kendall at the suggestion of Vittorio De Sica in the fashion of many Italian actors whose films were shown in countries outside of Italy in the days when European films proliferated. Stella made his film debut in Femmine Tre Volte in 1959 but didn't make another appearance until he used his new name of Tony Kendall in Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) one of the sword and sandal craze of films popular in the early 1960s. Kendall is most famous for his various teamings with Brad Harris, with the two predating Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as a popular and prolific action team. In the derivative world of the European cinema of the 1960s, Kendall and Harris first teamed up in two sauerkraut western films "inspired" by the successful German Karl May Winnetou series with Harris as a Lex Barker clone and Kendall as a Native American "Chief Black Eagle" in The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) and Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965). With the international success of the James Bond films and the German Jerry Cotton series, Kendall became best known for his role as private detective Joe Walker in the seven films of the Eurospy Kommissar X series where he played opposite Brad Harris in the role of New York Police Captain Tom Rowland. The popularity of Batman (TV series) led to Harris and Kendall appearing in The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) the first in a long series that had stunt work performed by a young Jackie Chan (“The Three Fantastic Supermen in the Orient”). Kendall has prominently appeared in other varieties of European cinema in the 1960s and 1970s such as Giallo horror (The Whip and the Body, 1963), spaghetti westerns (as Django in Django Against Sartana, 1970, and Gunman of 100 Crosses, 1971), crime movies such as Machine Gun McCain (1969), and adventure films such as Oil! (1977). He also appeared in European versions of women in prison (The Big Bust Out, 1972), zombie horror (Return of the Blind Dead, 1973), and films inspired by The Godfather (Corleone, 1978). Aside from an appearance in Alex l'ariete (2000), Kendall's last film role was in On the Dark Continent in 1993. Source: Article "Tony Kendall (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

6.2

The Tiger Gang
1971-08-20

Kill, Panther, Kill!

6.8

Kill, Panther, Kill!
1968-03-30

Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick

6

Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick
1966-05-17

6.5

Kill Me Gently
1967-03-23

Island of Lost Girls

6.4

Island of Lost Girls
1969-04-18

So Darling, So Deadly

6.8

So Darling, So Deadly
1966-08-05

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill

6.2

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill
1966-03-11

Attack of the Blind Dead

5.8

Attack of the Blind Dead
1973-05-17

The Whip and the Body

6.508

The Whip and the Body
1963-08-29

The Loreley's Grasp

5.032

The Loreley's Grasp
1973-06-15

The Three Fantastic Supermen

5.467

The Three Fantastic Supermen
1967-02-04

Machine Gun McCain

5.962

Machine Gun McCain
1969-04-01

Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century

3.5

Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century
1977-12-23

7

Closed Circuit
1978-02-22

Hyena of London

3

Hyena of London
1964-06-23

In the Eye of the Hurricane

6.4

In the Eye of the Hurricane
1971-04-23

Gunman of One Hundred Crosses

4.4

Gunman of One Hundred Crosses
1971-07-03

4

Brother Outlaw
1971-02-19

4.5

Hate Is My God
1969-05-23

Django Defies Sartana

5.2

Django Defies Sartana
1970-04-03

Fighters from Ave Maria

6.7

Fighters from Ave Maria
1970-10-15

3

Death Stone
1987-07-02

7.4

Corleone
1978-11-10

Die X-Männer schlagen zurück

7.5

Die X-Männer schlagen zurück
2012-10-05

La ragazza fuoristrada

6

La ragazza fuoristrada
1973-08-11

4

Love Birds
1969-11-07

Serenade for Two Spies

7.5

Serenade for Two Spies
1965-08-18

Brennus, Enemy of Rome

3

Brennus, Enemy of Rome
1963-12-23

La Missione del Mandrillo

0

La Missione del Mandrillo
1975-03-22

White Fang and the Kid

6

White Fang and the Kid
1978-12-15

2

Blood Story
1972-05-09

Tales of Erotica

4.4

Tales of Erotica
1973-11-16

Bruna, Shapely, Seeks Gifted

1

Bruna, Shapely, Seeks Gifted
1975-05-28

The Pirates of the Mississippi

6.6

The Pirates of the Mississippi
1963-10-17

Black Eagle of Santa Fe

6.4

Black Eagle of Santa Fe
1965-03-11

The Criminals of the Metropolis

2

The Criminals of the Metropolis
1967-01-01

Siege of Terror

6.2

Siege of Terror
1972-04-03

The Big Bust Out

4.4

The Big Bust Out
1972-05-25

Crime on the Highway

6.036

Crime on the Highway
1982-09-30

Voce del verbo amore

4.7

Voce del verbo amore
2007-04-27

6.1

Le Guignolo
1980-03-26

The Invisible Wall

6.911

The Invisible Wall
1991-09-13

5.1

Oil
1977-02-28

Female Three Times

7

Female Three Times
1957-10-25

3

Thrilling Love
1989-02-23

6.337

Cop or Hood
1979-03-28

On the Dark Continent

5.5

On the Dark Continent
1993-01-01

2.5

Alex the Ram
2000-07-21

The Night of the Last Day

0

The Night of the Last Day
1973-01-01

Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro

0

Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro
1973-09-01

The Masked Man Against the Pirates

0

The Masked Man Against the Pirates
1964-07-12

Il giorno della Shoah

0

Il giorno della Shoah
2010-01-27

Attila flagello di Dio

5.9

Attila flagello di Dio
1982-12-22

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

1

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973-10-31

Caccia al ladro d'autore

0

Caccia al ladro d'autore
1985-11-20